Garment-buckle.



C. FASOLDT.

GARMENT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, I915.

Rm 1 9 1 9M 11 Pm 6 D d 6 t H 6 t a D1 G/qa r/e: Fasaldi.

IIFIITED FSTATE% PATENT @FFIFE.

CHARLES FASOLDT, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT-BUCKLE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES FAsoLDT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county ofKent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Garment- Buckles, of which the following is aspeciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in buckles for use for supportingwearing apparel, as pantaloons, overalls and kindred articles, and itsobject is to provide a buckle having a thoroughly reliable, readilyadjustable spring button loop with which buttons having various sizes ofnecks may be readily entered and secured in the loop. I attain thisobject by the construction and arrangement of parts shown in theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2 isan edge view of one form of buckle, and Figs. 3 and 4: are like views ofanother form of buckle embodying my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawing, speaking, now, more particularly of Figs. 1and 2, a represents the buckle loop, Z)Z) represent the tongues of thebuckle, and 0-0 represent the side bars of the frame of the buckle. Inthe construction of this form of buckle the loop 0; is made in a pieceby itself,

parts and the tongues?) and the side bars 0 of the frame are madeintegral and the lower ends of the side bars 0, 0 are so twisted, orwound around the two members of the loop d as to render the connectionabsolutely firm and to avert the possible danger of the loop (Z slidinglongitudinally in said bearings. The arms d, cl of the loop (Z are bentupward at d and made practically of the form indicated at c, c to formthe loop 70. The lower end of the loop is should be practically closed,or the wires at the bends cl should be close enough together to avertany possible danger of the neck of a button passing through betweenthem, but the opening at 72 should be considerably broader, as indicatedin Figs. 1 and 3, so a button neck may be passed between the ends of thewires 6, 6 without the necessity of forcing them apart to too great anextent. This wire must be spring wire so it will assume its normalposition when the button has been inserted or removed.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Dec. 12, 191 6.

Application filed November 15, 1915. Serial No. 61,700.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the ends of the wires 6, e are represented as standingunsupported eX- cept by the main wire or arm d, but in Figs. 3 and 4: Ihave shown each side of the body of the buckle, (O, G) as having abearing 0 formed in it, and the ends of the wires 6, c as extendedoutward, practically at right angles with the loop wires 6, e and passedthrough the bearings o, as indicated at e, 6, so there can be nopossible danger of the wires 6, 6 being bent over sidewise by excessivestrain on a button.

Suflicient space should be left between the arms (l and cl of the loop 1to freely receive the strap or other element ona garment that is to beconnected with the buckle.

The form of connection between the side bars 0, c of the buckle, and theends of the wire (.Z, cl (as shown at f and g) is not given as arestricted form, but as one of many forms of connection between thesetwo elements.

In Fig. 2, I have represented, at i, a strap, and at j 'a button securedthereto and placed in engagement with the loop it, formed by the ends 6,c, to indicate how the two are connected, and applied to the loop.

In the several figures herewith I have shown but two, of many available,and perhaps equally desirable forms of construction, as indicating thatI do not desire to restrict myself to any particular form orconstruction, but do desire to cover any construction that may belegitimately claimed by me under the state of the art as it may be foundto exist.

What I claim as new, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. In a garment buckle, a buckle loop, side bars pivotally connectedwith the buckle loop and having buckle tongues integral therewith, astrap loop securely connected at each end with the side bars, and thefree ends of the wire from which the strap loop is made extending towardthe buckle loop and formed to produce an open button loop at the straploop attaching end of the buckle frame.

2. In combination with a garment buckle, side bars pivotally connectedwith the buckle loop at one end, and rigidly connected with a strap loopat the other end, the ends of the strap loop bent inward in serpentineform to form a button loop, and

"pentine form to form a button receiving loop, the ends of said wiresbent at right angles and extending through the holes in the side bars ofthe buckle frame.

4. In a garment buckle, a frame having a buckle loop at one end and astrap loop at the other end, in combination with serpentined wiresextending from the longitudinal center of the strap loop toward thebuckle loop to form the spring sides of a button loop.

5. In combination with the side bars and loop of a buckle frame, theside bars having holes through them laterally, wires extending inwardfrom the lower end of the frame in position to form the spring sides ofa button loop, the ends of said wires bent outward and passed throughthe holes in the side bars of the frame.

Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 12, 1915.

CHARLES FASOLDT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

